Do Elders Really Need to be QualifiedLessons on Church Leadership

Do Elders Really Need to be Qualified?• Do shepherds need to be qualified?• Do school teachers have to be qualified?• Do babysitters have to be qualified?

Do Elders Really Need to be Qualified?• Qualified in leadership

• Qualified in character• Qualified in actions

Do Elders Really Need to be Qualified?“Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock… I know that after my departure fierce wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock and from among your own selves will arise men speaking twisted things, to draw away the disciples after them.”

(Acts 20.28-30; ESV)

Qualified in LeadershipTimothy:• Husband of one wife

• Respectable

• Manage his household

• Keeping his children submissive

• Not a recent convert

Titus:• Husband of one wife

• Children are believers

• Hold firm to the word

• Rebuke those who contradict

Qualified in CharacterTimothy:• Above reproach

• Sober-minded

• Not a drunkard

• Lover of money

• No puffed up

• Well thought of by outsiders

Titus:• Above reproach

• Not open to charges

• Not arrogant

• Not a drunkard

• Not greedy for gain

• Lover of good

• Upright

• Holy

• Disciplined

Qualified in ActionsTimothy:• Self-controlled

• Hospitable

• Able to teach

• Not violent

• Gentle

• Not quarrelsome

Titus:• Not quick tempered

• Not violent

• Hospitable

• Self controlled

• Gives instructions

Do Elders Really Need to be Qualified?• Qualified in leadership

• Qualified in character• Qualified in actions

Do Elders Really Need to be QualifiedLessons on Church Leadership